2003 US Budget home page:
http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2003/budget.html
relavent files: Dept of Justice
Dept of Labor page 224
In DoJ file, they say goal is to reduce processing all application
< 6 months by 2003 end. Too late for us? "They" know
the processing time is enormous and have to act.
Also, in Dept of Labor,
Page 224
H-1B Training Grants
The H-1B Training Grant Program is supposed to train
U.S. workers for jobs in which labor shortages have
caused employers to hire foreign workers through the
H-1B visa program. These highly educated workers
typically work in the high-tech and health care industries.
Unfortunately, DOL's $138 million H-1B Training program,
which is financed through a $1,000 fee paid by employers,
never has filled and has no prospect of filling these labor
shortages. At times, funds wind up training workers for
decidedly low-tech jobs. One grant financed training
for cable installers; another trained licensed practical
nurses; while a third was open only to union members
in the entertainment industry. The budget will take the
program's H-1B fees funding and redirect it to eliminate
large backlogs in the permanent alien labor program,
thereby better serving workers and employers alike.
http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2003/budget.html
relavent files: Dept of Justice
Dept of Labor page 224
In DoJ file, they say goal is to reduce processing all application
< 6 months by 2003 end. Too late for us? "They" know
the processing time is enormous and have to act.
Also, in Dept of Labor,
Page 224
H-1B Training Grants
The H-1B Training Grant Program is supposed to train
U.S. workers for jobs in which labor shortages have
caused employers to hire foreign workers through the
H-1B visa program. These highly educated workers
typically work in the high-tech and health care industries.
Unfortunately, DOL's $138 million H-1B Training program,
which is financed through a $1,000 fee paid by employers,
never has filled and has no prospect of filling these labor
shortages. At times, funds wind up training workers for
decidedly low-tech jobs. One grant financed training
for cable installers; another trained licensed practical
nurses; while a third was open only to union members
in the entertainment industry. The budget will take the
program's H-1B fees funding and redirect it to eliminate
large backlogs in the permanent alien labor program,
thereby better serving workers and employers alike.